Braiding-machine.



I J. KAPPELER.

THE COLUMBIA PLANDORAPH 120., WASHINGTON, D. c.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

v fi l 4 70? J54 A/APPELER JEAN K PELER, or ivinntnienng SWITZERLAND.

BRAIDING-MACHTNE'.

- Sp'ecifiatiomo! LettersPatent.

' Patented Feb." 8, 1916.

Application filed Oman; 1913. Serial No. 796,471.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN KAPPELER, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and resident of Mellingen, Canton of Argovie, Switzerland, have invented new and useful Im provements in Braiding-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a braiding machine in which the bobbins are guided in a guide plate under the impulse of rotating disks or drivers, the said guide plate having a groove for guiding the bobbins by means of shoes provided upon them.

According to the present invention, the groove of the guide plate is closed below over its whole length and furthermore slightly narrowed downward to allow of'a good fitting of the bobbin guide-shoes therein, while it communicates above with an upper recess in the guide plate which forms at the same time an oil receptacle and a lubricating guide-way for guide-collars on the bobbins held down thereon by the driving disks arranged to take over said guidecollars. By this arrangement the following advantages are obtained: Not only the assemblage of the machine can be effected more easily and more quickly but also the bobbins fit closely into the groove of the guide plate and their guidance is therefore very exact and noiseless. As, furthermore, the groove of the guide plate is closed at the lower part.

it serves at the same time as a lubricating groove for the bobbin shoes, while the upper recess 1n the guide plate in which the groove is formed serves to receive and to lubricate the retaining collars of the bobbins which thus always run in oil. All these features insure, in addition to a more secure guidance of the bobbins, that the machine runs more quickly than existing machines of this type, without th liability of the guide parts being subjected to wear.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a portion of the braiding machine which embraces two spindle heads. Fig. 2 is a view partly in section on the line A -B. and partly in section on the line C-D, Fig. 1.

a is the guide plate which is made from a single piece and has formed in it a groove or guideway b which is closed at the bottom,

groove b and has the known serpentine form. In this guideway b, which also serves as a lubricating groove and is slightly narrowed in the downward direction, there engage the bobbins 0 through the medium of the shoes d provided upon them (Fig. 1). The bobbins c are moved in the groove 12 in the known manner by means of the rotating driving disks'c, the said bobbins being consecutively carried around by each disk and delivered to the next disk. The disks 6, which are rotatably mounted upon the upright head-rods f are driven in the known -manner by toothed gearing 9 located beneath the guide'plate a, and the motion of 7 which is transmitted to toothed wheels h, keyed upon the bosses of the disks. The said disks are arranged above the plate a and engage with the collars or bosses 2' provided at the lower part of the bobbins, the said collars i sliding in arecess a in the upper face of the guide plate (Fig. l), and

the arrangement of the disks 6 and the shape and disposition of the bobbin collars i being such that the said disks 6 hold the guide collars 2' upon the recessed portion of the guide plate a and insure the engagement of the shoes (Z of the bobbins with the groove 6 while the guide shoes d and collars i of the bobbins run constantly in oil, which is introduced into the upper recess a and the of the guide plate. The bobbins are located, .as is customary with disk drives, in notches 7c of the disks 6 which areheld down in their working position by stops m upon the head-rods f formed as nuts. By loosening these stops the disks 6 (after their driving connection with the driving toothed wheels it has been disengaged) can be raised sufiiciently high to permit of the bobbins being lifted from the groove 17 of the plate a. The removal of the bobbins or the exchange thereof can in this manner be easily and quickly effected.

What I claim is: Y

A braiding machine, having a guide plate, movable bobbins guided by the guide plate, lower guide shoes and guidecollars on the bobbins. a toothed gearing arranged below the guide plate, driving disks for the bobbins connected with said gearing and arranged above the guide plate to engage over said guide collars and to hold them down, a

groove in the guide plate for receiving the guide shoes of the bobbins, said groove being slightly narrowed downward to insure a good fitting of the guide shoes therein, and a recess in the upper face of the guide plate to serve as guide-Way for the guide collars of the bobbins and as oil receptacle, substantially as hereinbefore described.

v In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 8 day of October, 1913, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JEAN KAPPELER. Witnesses:

PHILIP HOLLAND, AMAND BITTER.

Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

